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MEETING WITH THE CANADIANS IN TORONTO

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ON ARRIVIAL IN NEW YORK LATE ON THE EVENING OF 18 OCTOBER (THE EARTHQUAKE THREE HOURS LATER WAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ME), DAVID

ROADS, CIO (NY) TELEPHONED TO ASKED ME TO CONTACT BRIAN SPRINGAY, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EASTERN PACIFIC PROOPAM DIVISION IN TORONTO, I SPOKE TO SPRINGAY IN TORONTO ON 19 OCTOBER.

2. HE EXPLAINED THAT HE HAD SPOKEN TO HIS COLLEAGUES ABOUT MY VIBIT AND, IN PARTICULAR, ANTON YURKOVICH, WHOM I SPOKE TO IN GENEVA. SPRINGAY SAID THAT THE OFFICIAL RESPONSE TO THE UK INITIATIVE WAS BEING CONSIDERED IN TORONTO IN THE CONTEXT OF THE 1986 QUOTA. HOWEVER, BECAUSE DECISIONS WERE SO IMMINENT, SPRINGAY THOUGHT THAT THERE WAS LITTLE THAT I COULD BE TOLD. HE WAS AWARE OF THE SUBM=5SIONS FROM HONG KONG (20TH IN HONG KONG AND IN GENEVA) AND THOUGHT THAT A VISIT WAS NOT WARENTED. HE SAID THAT, IN ANY EVENT, A COMMINGUE WOULD BE ISSUED WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS AND WE WOULD BE INFORMED IMMEDIATELY.

3. I EXPLAINED THAT WE HAD BEEN RESPONDING TO AN INVITATION FROM COPPITHORNE IN HONE KONG AND WOULD BE HAPPY TO FOLLOWS SPRINGAY'S ADVICE. I SAID THAT I WOULD CANCEL MY TRIP TO TORONTO.

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SPRINGAY ASKED WHETHER I KNEW HOW MANY REFUGEES WERE INCLUDED IN THE UK'S QUOTE FURTHER LIMITED NUMBERS UNQUOTE. HE ALSO WANTED TO KNOW HOW MANY ETHNIC CHINESE HONG KONG WOULD TAKE. I SAID THAT I DID NOT (NOT) KNOW ABOUT THE UK, BUT HONG KONG WOULD TAKE A LIMITED NUMBER OF ETHNIC CHINESE IN RESPONSE TO AN INTERNATIONAL EFFORT. I EXPLAINED THE STRENGTH OF FEELING IN HONG KONG ABOUT ACCEPTING REFUGEES FOR RESETTLEMENT.